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Leadership HESIA new graduate nurse is employed in a small community hospital. The nurse notices practices
which seem to be very physician driven and that patients have little input into their care. Families
are seen as a nuisance rather than as partners in potential care provision. What is the best
approach for the new nurse to use for improving care in this setting?
a)Do nothing. They are too new to the organization to make changes.
b)Share with the physician the recommendations from various IOM reports.
c)Share with their team members what they know about the aims of providing health care.
d)Report the team members to the chief nursing officer who is unlikely to know the lack of details
on this unit. - ANS C
Mr. Grandion was admitted to a rehabilitation center after discharge from a hospital. He has not
walked in the 5 days while he was hospitalized and is provided a wheelchair. Dining with other
residents is expected, and staffing is limited on a holiday weekend. What is the best strategy to
ensure Mr. Grandion has sufficient nutrition and exercise?
a)Tell Mr. Grandion to stay in bed and someone will bring a tray to his room because the staff can't
get him to the dining room in time for dinner
b)Assist Mr. Grandion into his wheelchair and remind him that in 2 hours he must be in the dining
room if he wishes to eat.
c)Request help from another unit before dinner and indicate the nature of help needed.
d)Order a life device to transfer Mr. Grandion from his bed to the wheelchair. - ANS c
When entering the postoperative care unit, the nurse manager notices that the temporary agency
nurse has incorrectly entered the rate of infusion for the patient's vasopressor medication, and
the arterial line blood pressure has a reading of 76/40 mmHg. After discontinuing the intravenous
medication infusion, what is the nurse manager's next intervention?
a)Notify the nurse in charge of the unit.
b)Ask if there is an assigned resource nurse to serve as mentor for the temporary nurse.
c)Ask if there are standing orders for interventions for hypotension.
d)Ask if the temporary nurse has had an orientation to the unit. - ANS C
An incident report of the incident described in the previous question needs to be completed. What
is the appropriate wording to be included in the incident report?
a)"Patient was noted to have a low arterial blood pressure (76/40), and the vasopressor
medication was discontinued."
b)"Patient's vasopressor medication was infused at a higher rate than ordered and the medication
was discontinued when the patient's blood pressure dropped to 76/40."
c)"Nurse M.J. started the vasopressor medication, the patient subsequently was noted to have a
blood pressure reading of 76/40, the medication was discontinued, and the physician was also
notified."
, d)"Patient receiving vasopressor medication intravenously, blood pressure noted to be 76/40, and
intravenous infusion discontinued. Physician notified and orders received for 500 mL normal
saline administered for hypotension." - ANS D
The nurse is needing to provide information for Foley catheter insertion to a patient in the
patient's primary language. Which action would the nurse follow for the best outcome in this
situation?
a) Assume the process of translating "word for word" is sufficient when a treatment is ordered for
a culturally diverse patient.
b) Request an English-speaking family member to provide the translation to the patient about the
treatment.
c) Create a cross-cultural semantic or word equivalency vocabulary list for the nursing unit to use
with patients.
D. Request a healthcare professional translator to verbally translate the source language to the
target language with the patient regarding the procedure. - ANS D
A new nurse works on a busy medical-surgical unit. While the charge nurse keeps the unit
organized and running smoothly, the nurse notices that another experienced nurse is the nurse to
whom most of the other nurses ask questions and seek information. How does the new nurse
view this experienced nurse?
a)A formal leader
b)A positional leader
c)An official leader
d)An informal leader - ANS D
A new nurse sees a flyer for a workshop on healthcare relationship building and recognizes that
relationship building with those in current leadership positions is challenging for her. She decides
to attend. By making the decision to attend, what is the new nurse demonstrating?
a)Social awareness
b)Self management
c)Strengths-based learning
d)Personal leadership - ANS B
Emotional intelligence (EI) is a quality critical to the development of a new leader. This trait should
inspire those who follow a leader who demonstrates high levels of EI. What is the BEST example
which illustrates emotional intelligence?
a) Manager who conducts rounds on the unit, makes eye contact with team members, and
generally makes time to hear about the issues of the day.
b) Manager holds meetings at the nurses station to be able to respond to emergencies and phone
calls yet is rarely seen in scrubs helping at the bedside.
c) Manager who holds the team accountable. However, she interrupts people frequently at
meetings and raises voice when disagrees with them.
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